A French Winemaker in Westchester

By

Lettie Teague

Jan. 31, 2013 10:20 p.m. ET

It took three months for Laurent Drouhin, scion of a great French winemaking family, to learn how to pronounce the name of his adopted hometown in Westchester. But he's not alone; I know several people who have trouble with the name Mamaroneck. One friend even calls it "the M town."

Mr. Drouhin has been a Mamaroneck resident since 2005; that was the year he moved his family to suburban New York from Beaune, a town in the heart of Burgundy. He had been traveling so much outside of France in his role as the export...